Air Travel Series (#2)
In the previous article I mentioned that the airlines and airports are only partially to blame for a miserable travel experience. The quality of the airport and flight experience, perhaps more than any other service, can be affected by not only by the service providers, but also by the customers themselves (the traveling public). Granted, you can meet some great people while traveling. But, it only takes one to spoil the flight and given Murphy’s law, that will be the one that will be sitting right next to you on a full 5-hour flight. The British have a great all-purpose word for this person you are involuntarily glued to: arsehole. Wikipedia says arsehole “can be used to describe an unpleasant person”. Jolly good, works for me. Now, building on this robust base, I will now scientifically classify each of these traveling sphincters :
- Loud motor-mouth
- It’s all about me
- Seat kicker
- Armrest pig
- Rude dude
- Diseased cougher
- Walking ashtray
- Chewing gum smacker
- Seat hog
- Know it all
- Perfumed assault weapon
- Drunk since Monday
- What’s a shower?
- Always late
- Fidget maniac
- Nail clipper
- Cheese cutter
- Screaming child of Satan
I have concluded that the above sphincters are breeding prolifically and are increasingly impacting the quality of travel. I will show you in this series of articles how you can take partial, if not complete, control of this aspect of your travel.
